Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine will present several studies at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, including a potential…
Apr 13, 2010
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. -- A frequently mutated gene in human cancers is the reitnoblastoma (RB) gene, which controls a potent tumor suppression pathway.
Apr 13, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Many U.S. farmers who grow genetically engineered (GE) crops are realizing substantial economic and environmental benefits -- such as lower…
Apr 13, 2010
Last week, we told you about some of the bad news in Madagascar, a nation whose political troubles have created a thriving illegal economy for rare wildlife species.
Apr 12, 2010
How long does a sad movie leave you feeling blue ? Remembering something sad can trigger emotions that persist long after the event itself has passed.
Apr 12, 2010
Chapel Hill, NC - Important advances in the fight against cancer have come as researchers proved that viruses and cancers interact in ways that were previously unknown to scientists.
Apr 12, 2010
A team of researchers from the United States and Europe has identified more than a dozen genes that may play a role in the etiology of common forms of kidney disease.
Apr 12, 2010
An international research team co-led by the Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) has discovered a compound that kills specific lymphoma cells -- a discovery that will accelerate developing targeted drugs to fight the most common form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Apr 12, 2010
TORONTO, Ont., April 12, 2010 -- It's well known that many women remain in abusive relationships with their male partners.
Apr 12, 2010
St. Louis, MO, April 12, 2010 -- More than one third of Americans are considered obese and approximately 15 million (5%) Americans now have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40.
Apr 12, 2010
A global study of nearly 10,000 women with early breast cancer has found wide variations in how they were treated, despite international consensus on best practice, according to the May issue of the British Journal of Surgery.
Apr 12, 2010
LIVERPOOL, UK -- 12 April 2010: Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that dangerous strains of Salmonella are beginning to emerge in people infected with HIV in Africa.
Apr 12, 2010
Palaeoanthropologist Prof. Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, has discovered a new species of early human ancestor…
Apr 12, 2010
STANFORD, Calif. -- Diagnostic cutoffs for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be too strict, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has found.
Apr 11, 2010
